\documentclass{article} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[osf,p]{libertinus} \usepackage{microtype} \usepackage[pdfusetitle,hidelinks]{hyperref} \usepackage[english, main=latin]{babel} \babeltags{english = english} \usepackage{lipsum} \usepackage[noend,noeledsec,noledgroup,series={A,B,C,D}]{reledmac} \Xarrangement[A]{paragraph} \Xarrangement[B]{twocol} \Xarrangement[C]{threecol} \arrangementX[A]{paragraph} \arrangementX[B]{twocol} \arrangementX[C]{threecol} \Xwidth{\columnwidth+\marginparsep+\ledrsnotewidth} \widthX{\columnwidth+\marginparsep+\ledrsnotewidth} \rightnoteupfalse \AtBeginDocument{% \maxhnotesX{0.8\textheight} \Xmaxhnotes{0.8\textheight} } \Xcolalign{\justifying} \colalignX{\justifying} \begin{document} \begin{english} \date{} \title{Setting footnotes width} \maketitle \begin{abstract} This example use \verb+maxhnotesX+ and \verb+Xmaxhnotes+ to set the width of familiar and critical footnotes. The width is set to \verb+\columnwidth+\marginparsep+\ledrsnotewidth+, that means footnotes go from the left of the text to the right of the sidenotes. \end{abstract} \end{english} \newpage \beginnumbering \pstart \edtext{Lorem}{ \Afootnote{A\lipsum*[1]} \Bfootnote{B\lipsum*[2]} \Cfootnote{C\lipsum*[3]} \Dfootnote{D\lipsum*[4]} } Dolor \ledsidenote{A long side note.} \lipsum*[1] \pend \newpage \pstart \lipsum*[2]\ledsidenote{A long side note.}\footnoteA{A\lipsum*[5]}\footnoteB{B\lipsum*[6]}\footnoteC{C\lipsum*[7]}\footnoteD{D\lipsum*[8]} \pend \endnumbering \end{document}